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Ahead of PM Narendar Modi’s visit to Israel, India lin...
( India )
New Delhi: Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to Tel Aviv later this year, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has begun to clear a slew of defence deals with Israel. The deals, some of which have been pending for long, are together worth well over $3 billion. Defence ministry sources on Tuesday said while the deals for Spice-2000 bombs and laser-designation pods have already been cleared by the CCS, the ones for acquisition of two more Phalcon AWACS...
I am a great admirer of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH):Ram Jethmala...
( India )
New Delhi, Feb 19: Veteran legalist and former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani has thrown his weight behind the demand for minority status to Aligarh Muslim University. While supporting the demand, he appreciated the idea of education in Islam and confessed that he is a great admirer of Prophet of Islam for the same reason. “I make no secret of the fact that I am a Hindu. I was born a Hindu. But I am a great admirer of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of this great chain of institution –...
Entire Indian leadership committed to Palestinian cause: Sus...
( India )
New Delhi:External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said the entire Indian leadership remains steadfastly committed to the Palestinian cause as Palestine sought India’s participation in the West Asia peace process to help defuse crisis in the region. Swaraj, who is on her first visit to West Asia as the External Affairs Minister, held talks with the top leadership here and reaffirmed India’s consistent support for the Palestinian cause, emphasising that there has been “absolutely...
Lucknow Hindu, Shia, Sunni religious leaders urge intl. sanc...
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Lucknow:Demanding international sanctions against Saudi Arabia for execution of leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, thousands of Shias in Lucknow staged a massive protest on Sunday. The Grand rally was organized under the banner of the Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind (MUH), an all India organization of Shia clerics, the protest also saw participation of some Sunni Muslims and Hindu religious leaders including Sunni Sufi leader Maulana Hasnain and Acharya Pramod Krishnan. Led by Shia cleric Maulana...
I eat beef and don’t consider cow as mother as it is a...
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Varanasi: Former Chairman of Press Council of India and Retired Justice, Markandey Katju said that he eats beef and he don’t consider cow as mother as it is an animal like horse and dog. He also said that politicians are thieves and looters, they should be hanged. Katju gave this statement before media immediately after landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi on Saturday morning. When asked about Dadri incident, he said that the culprit who killed the innocent should...
Music for the movie “Muhammad: Messenger of God” done in...
( Mumbai )
In a message that went up first on his Facebook page Monday evening, A.R. Rahman reacted to the fatwa issued against him by a Mumbai-based group for scoring the music for the Iranian Muhammad: Messenger of God. “My decision to compose the music for this film was made in good faith and with no intention of causing offence.” In a one-page statement that generously quotes from the Quran, Rahman says, “I didn’t direct or produce the movie “Muhammad: Messenger of God”. I just did the music....